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āmī

P. -mināti- (

) to destroy, neutralize, curtail

; to put aside or away, cause to disappear or vanish, displace ; to exchange

; to put or push out of place

: A1. (imperfect tense /āminanta-) to vanish, disappear

: Intensive (parasmE-pada -m/emyāna-) to change, alter

araṃgam

(Imper. 2. dual number gantam-;Opt. 2. sg. -gamyas-,1. plural -gam/eina-) to come near (in order to help), assist, attend (with dative case)

and

asma

(fr. a-sma-), a pronominal base from which some forms (dative case /asmai-,or asm/ai- ablative asim/āt- locative case asmin-) of id/am- (q.v) are formed

asma

dative case locative case asm/e- (only

)

gam

Ved. cl.1 P. g/amati- (

; subjunctive gamam-, g/amat-[ gamātas-, gamātha-

], gamāma-, gaman-

; Potential gam/ema-

; infinitive mood g/amadhyai-

) : cl.2 P. g/anti- (

; imperative 3. sg. gantu-,[2. sg. gadhi-See ā--,or gahi-See adhi--, abhy-ā--, ā--, upā--],2. plural g/antā-or gantana-

; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg. /agan-[

] , 1. plural /aganma-[

; confer, compare

] , 3. plural /agman-

; subjunctive [or Aorist subjunctive confer, compare

]1. plural ganma-,3. plural gm/an-

; Potential 2. sg. gamyās-

; preceding 3. sg. gamy/ās-

; pr. p. gm/at-,

) : cl.3 P. jaganti- (

; Potential jagamyām-, yāt-

; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg. ajagan-,2. plural ajaganta-or tana-

) : Ved. and Class. cl.1 P. (also A1.

etc.) , with substitution of gacch- ([= ]) for gam-, g/acchati- (confer, compare

; subjunctive gācchāti-

;2. sg. gacchās-[

] or gacchāsi-[

];2. plural gacchāta-

;3. plural g/acchān-

; imperfect tense /agacchat-; Potential gacchet-; pr. p. g/acchat-

etc.; Aorist agamat-

;for A1.with prepositions confer, compare

future gamiṣyati-

etc.; 1st future g/antā-[

]

etc.; perf. 1. sg. jagamā-[

],3. sg. jagāma-,2. dual number jagmathur-,3. plural jagm/ur-

etc.; parasmE-pada jaganv/as-[

etc.] or jagmivas-

f. jagm/uṣī-

etc.;Ved. infinitive mood g/antave-, g/antav/ai-;Class. infinitive mood gantum-:Ved. ind.p. gatvāya-, gatv/ī-;Class. ind.p. gatv/ā-[

etc.] , with prepositions -gamya-or -gatya-

) to go, move, go away, set out, come

etc. ; to go to or towards, approach (with accusative or locative case or dative case [

; confer, compare

] or prati-[

])

etc. ; to go or pass (as time exempli gratia, 'for example' kāle gacchati-,time going on, in the course of time)

; to fall to the share of (accusative)

etc. ; to go against with hostile intentions, attack

; to decease, die

; to approach carnally, have sexual intercourse with (accusative)

etc. ; to go to any state or condition, undergo, partake of, participate in, receive, obtain (exempli gratia, 'for example' mitratāṃ gacchati-,"he goes to friendship" id est he becomes friendly)

etc. ; jānubhyām avanīṃ-gam-,"to go to the earth with the knees", kneel down

; dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā-gam-,"to go to the earth with the head", make a bow

; m/anasā-gam-, to go with the mind, observe, perceive

; (without m/anasā-) to observe, understand, guess

; (especially Passive voice gamyate-,"to be understood or meant")

and

; doṣeṇa- or doṣato-gam-, to approach with an accusation, ascribe guilt to a person (accusative)

: Causal gamayati- (

; imperative 2. sg. Ved. gamayā-or gāmaya-[

] , 3. sg. gamayatāt-

; perf. gamay/āṃ cakāra-

etc.) to cause to go (

) or come, lead or conduct towards, send to (dative case

), bring to a place (accusative [

] or locative case)

etc. ; to cause to go to any condition, cause to become

etc. ; to impart, grant

; to send away

; "to let go", not care about

; to excel

; to spend time

etc. ; to cause to understand, make clear or intelligible, explain

; to convey an idea or meaning, denote

; (causal of the causal) to cause a person (accusative) to go by means of jigamiśati- another

: Desiderative j/igamiṣati- (

jigāṃsate-

; imperfect tense ajigāṃsat-

) to wish to go, be going

; to strive to obtain

; to wish to bring (to light, prak/āśam-)

: Intensive j/aṅganti- (

), jaṅgamīti- or jaṅgamyate- (

), to visit

(parasmE-pada g/anigmat-)

(imperfect tense aganīgan-) ; ([ confer, compare ; Gothic qvam; English come; Latin venioforgvemio.])

hiti

f. sending, errand, direction (See asm/e--and dev/a-h-).

ima

the base of some cases of the demonstrative pronoun id/am- q.v (accusative sg. m. im/am- f. im/ām-; Nominal verb plural m. im/e-,etc.;irregular genitive case sg. im/asya-

[once]) .

mā

cl.3 P. m/imāti- (according to to

A1. mimīte-

mimeti-; Potential mimīyat-

; perfect tense, mimāya-; Aorist /amīmet- subjunctive mīmayat-; infinitive mood m/ātav/ai-), to sound, bellow, roar, bleat (especially said of cows, calves, goats etc.)

: Intensive , only pr. p. m/emyat-, bleating (as a goat)

mā

cl.2 P. (

) māti- ; cl.3 A1. (

) m/imīte- ; cl.4. A1. (

) māyate- (Ved. and Epic also mimāti- Potential mimīyāt- imperative, mimīhi-; Potential mimet-

; perfect tense mam/au-, mame-, mamir/e-

; Aorist /aināsi- subjunctive masātai-

; amāsīt- grammar; preceding māsīṣṭa-, meyāt-

; future mātā-; māsyati-, māsyate-

; infinitive mood m/e- -m/ai-

; mātum-

; ind.p. mitv/ā-, -m/āya-

etc.) , to measure, mete out, mark off

etc. ; to measure across = traverse

; to measure (by any standard) , compare with (instrumental case)

; (māti-) to correspond in measure (either with genitive case,"to be large or long enough for"

;or with locative case,"to find room or be contained in"

;or with na-and instrumental case,"to be beside one's self with"

) ; to measure out, apportion, grant

; to help any one (accusative) to anything (dative case)

; to prepare, arrange, fashion, form, build, make

; to show, display, exhibit (amimīta-,"he displayed or developed himself",

)

; (in philosophy) to infer, conclude ; to pray (yācñā-karmaṇi-)

: Passive voice mīy/ate- (Aorist amāyi-) ; to be measured etc.

Causal , māpayati-, te- (Aorist amīmapat-

Va1rtt. 2

), to cause to be measured or built, measure, build, erect

etc.: Desiderative mitsati-, te-

(confer, compare nir-mā-): Intensive memīyate-

[ confer, compare Zend ma1; Greek , ; Latin me1tior,mensus,mensura; Slavonic or Slavonian me8ra; Lithuanian me3ra4.]

medasvat

(m/edas--) mfn. possessed of fat, fat

medhapati

(m/edha--

; medh/a-

) m. lord of sacrifice.

medorupa

(m/edo--) mfn. appearing as fat

meka

See su-m/eka-

meṣī

f. (see m/eśī-) a ewe

mī

cl.9 P. A1. (

) mīnāti-, mīnīte- (Ved. also min/āti-and minoti-; m/īyate-or mīy/ate-[

]; mimītas-, mimīyāt-[?]; perfect tense mimāya-

; mīmaya-

; mamau-, mimye- grammar; Aorist amāsīt-, amāsta- grammar; meṣṭa-

; Aorist Passive voice /amāyi-

; preceding mīyāt-, māsīṣṭa- grammar; future mātā-, māsyati-, te- grammar; meṣyate-

; infinitive mood -m/iyam-, -miye-

; m/etos-

; ind.p. mītvā-, -mīya-, māya- grammar), to lessen, diminish, destroy (A. and Passive voice to perish, disappear, die)

; to lose one's way, go astray

; to transgress, violate, frustrate, change, alter

: Causal māpayati- Aorist amīmapat-. See pra-mī- ; Desiderative mitsati-, te- grammar : Intensive memīyate-, memayīti-, memeti-

[ confer, compare Greek ; Latin minuere; Slavonic or Slavonian mi8nij; German minniro,minre,minder; Anglo-Saxon min.]

mid

or mind- cl.1 A1. or cl.4 P. (

) m/edate- or m/eiyati- (of the former only 3. sg. imperative med/atām-

; perfect tense mimeda-, mimide-; Aorist amidat-, amediṣṭa-; future meditā-, mediṣyati-, te-; ind.p. miditvā-or meditvā- grammar; Passive voice, midyate- impersonal or used impersonally

), to grow fat

; cl.10 P. (

) mindayati- or medayati- (see

mitra-) ; the latter also as Causal "to make fat"

migh

equals mih-(only in ni-m/eghamāna-and megh/a- q.v)

mih

cl.1 P. (

) m/ehati- (Epic also A1. te-, parasmE-pada -meghamāna-

; perfect tense mimeha- grammar; Aorist amikṣat-

; future meḍhā- grammar, mekṣy/ati-

; infinitive mood mih/e-

), to void or pass urine, make water upon (locative case or accusative) or towards (accusative)

etc. ; to emit seminal fluid

; (m/imiḍḍhi-) equals yācñā-karman- mehayati- '>

(Aorist amīmihat- grammar) to cause to make water

: Desiderative mimikṣati- See 1. mikṣ-: Intensive m/emihat- See ni-mih-. ([ confer, compare Greek , Latin mingere,mejere; Slavonic or Slavonian migla; Lithuanian me34z3, Anglo-Saxon mi7gan; German Mist.])

mith

cl.1 P. A1. (see

) m/ethati-, te- (pr. p. f. mithat/ī-

; perfect tense mimetha-

; ind.p. mithitvā-

), to unite, pair, couple, meet (as friend or antagonist), alternate, engage in altercation ; (A1.) to dash together

(according to to

also"to understand"or"to kill") .

miyedha

m. equals m/edha-, a sacrificial oblation, sacrifice, offering of food

miyedhas

n. equals m/edhas-

miyedhya

mfn. equals m/edhya-, partaking of the sacrificial food

nimih

P. -mehati- (Intensive -m/emihat-), to pour down urine, moisten with urine, wet

also pr parasmE-pada - m/eghamāna-

pramā

A1. -mimīte- (Ved. infinitive mood pra-m/e-; Passive voice -mīyate-), to measure, mete out, estimate

; to form, create, make ready, arrange

; to form a correct notion of (accusative), understand, know

: Causal -māpayati-, to cause correct knowledge, afford proof or authority

śam

cl.4 P. (

), ś/āmyati- (rarely te-,and Epic also śanati-, te-; Vedic or Veda śamyati-, śimyati-,and cl.9. śamnāti-[

], śamnīṣe-, śamnīthās- imperative śamnīṣva-, śamīṣva-, śamiṣva-, śamīdhvam-; perfect tense śaśāma-, śemuḥ-

etc.; śaśam/e- subjunctive śaś/amate-

; parasmE-pada śaśamān/a-[ q.v ]; Aorist /aśamiṣṭhās-

; aśamat-

[ confer, compare present tense ]; preceding śamyāt- grammar; future śamiśā-, śamiṣyati-

; ind.p. śamitvā-, śāntvā-, śāmam-

), to toil at, fatigue or exert one's self (especially in performing ritual acts)

; to prepare, arrange

; to become tired, finish, stop, come to an end, rest, be quiet or calm or satisfied or contented

etc. ; to cease, be allayed or extinguished

etc. ; cl.9. (confer, compare above) to put an end to, hurt, injure, destroy

: Passive voice śamyate- (Aorist aśami-)

: Causal śam/ayati- (mc. also śāmayati-; Aorist aśīśamat-; Passive voice śāmyate-), to appease, allay, alleviate, pacify, calm, soothe, settle

etc. ; to put to an end or to death, kill, slay, destroy, remove, extinguish. sup. press

etc. ; to leave off, desist

; to conquer, subdue

: Desiderative śiśamiṣati- grammar : Intensive śaṃśamīti- (

), śaṃśamyate-, śaṃśanti- (grammar), to be entirely appeased or extinguished (perfect tense śaṃśamāṃ cakruḥ-

) . ([ confer, compare Greek ]) ,

sama

n. level ground, a plain (sam/e bh/ūmyāḥ-,"on level ground")

saṃyatta

mfn. (plural) come into conflict (saṃgrām/e s/oṃ-yatte-,"at the outbreak of war")

sumedha

mf(/ā-)n. (-m/edha-), prob. equals next

sumnaāpi

(n/a--,for summ/e-āpi-) mfn. near in favour, joined in affection (according to to others a proper N.)

yuṣma

(fr. yu-+ sma-), the actual base of the 2nd Persian pronoun in the plural number (from which all cases except the Nominal verb yūy/am-are derived, viz. yuṣm/ān-, yuṣm/ābhis-, yuṣm/abhyam-, yuṣm/at-, yuṣm/ākam-,in Vedic or Veda also accusative f. yuṣm/ās-; locative case yuṣm/e-,and genitive case yuṣmāka-; confer, compare Greek , fr. ) .

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